Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer EssaysA helpful reference guide to the mottoes of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer periodical essays. The author provides the context for each motto Johnson selected and relates the context to the content of the essay to which the motto is affixed. Provides a unique insight into Johnson's way of thinking as as essayist in a specific and detailed fashion. An invaluable aid to students and scholars of Johnson and 18th-century studies in general. |
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11 Lucan tells the story of the Roman army of Africa , under the command of Cato the Younger . In the course of a march across the desert sands of Libya , subject to terrible heat and furious sand and dust storms , the army approached ...
11 Lucan tells the story of the Roman army of Africa , under the command of Cato the Younger . In the course of a march across the desert sands of Libya , subject to terrible heat and furious sand and dust storms , the army approached ...
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Horace's Ode III , 24 , is an attack on Roman corruption , internecine warfare and impious slaughter , misuse of wealth , and domestic immorality . The citizenry lacks principle , and crimes go unpunished .
Horace's Ode III , 24 , is an attack on Roman corruption , internecine warfare and impious slaughter , misuse of wealth , and domestic immorality . The citizenry lacks principle , and crimes go unpunished .
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Ode III , 24 , which decries Roman immorality and decadence , furnishes mottoes for three of Johnson's essays ( Rambler 18 , 58 , and 195 ) . Domestic immorality is castigated early in the ode , which concludes with an attack on a ...
Ode III , 24 , which decries Roman immorality and decadence , furnishes mottoes for three of Johnson's essays ( Rambler 18 , 58 , and 195 ) . Domestic immorality is castigated early in the ode , which concludes with an attack on a ...
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| Title | Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer Essays |
| Author | Robert C. Olson |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0819142352, 9780819142351 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays |
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